First Attempts
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
This English leader helped impose strict rules on the Jamestown settlers and famously insisted that they needed to work if they wanted to eat.
Answer: Who is John Smith?
This English settlement mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind the famous word “CROATOAN.”
Roanoke
This colonist helped make tobacco a profitable crop in Virginia.
Answer: Who is John Rolfe?
Name the company that established Jamestown and hoped to make money from the colony.
Answer: What is the Virginia Company?
This crop became Jamestown's economic “cash crop” and helped save the colony financially.
Answer: What is tobacco?
Name two reasons Jamestown nearly failed during its early years.
Answer: What are disease, starvation, lack of preparation, poor leadership, conflict with Native Americans, and/or an overemphasis on searching for wealth rather than producing food?
John Rolfe married this member of the Powhatan people, helping create a period of peace between the English and Powhatan.
Answer: Who is Pocahontas?
Roanoke and Jamestown were both English attempts at colonization. Give one important difference between what happened to the two colonies and explain why that difference matters.
Answer: Roanoke disappeared and its fate remains uncertain, while Jamestown survived and eventually became a permanent English colony. Students should explain the significance of Jamestown's survival.
500: What was the English name given to the Wampanoag leader Metacom, who led Native resistance during the war against the English?
Answer: King Philip.